By Blessing Simpson Madzima

Change in our country can actually be more straightforward than we think.

We have the power to stop dictators in our land, which is the interest of our people who are yearning for freedom and prosperity.

This regime now has an inherent belligerence which is threatening us all.

We have become more susceptible to corruption, divided and failing to unite on basic principles of democracy.

All dictators divide the people to find fertile ground to selectively persecute citizens in isolation and in vulnerability. We need to be clear with our needs and what we are actually fighting for. That clarity will inspire us to unite and fight for our freedom.

Having achieved that with democracy robustly in place, our society should start thriving and our country will be respected. We are suffering from absence of democracy, leadership and good governance which has become a fatal moral flaw which cannot be ignored anymore.

Politicians in any free state, whether they like it or not, are obliged to pay attention to the needs of citizens.

This is what we are lacking, politicians who represent the will of the people.

A country without moral clarity is a country in which dictators speak of human rights and prosperity, yet they are busy killing and brutalising own citizens condemning the whole country to abject poverty and instability. Zimbabwe is not excluded.